Rebecca Chodos (Cohen)daughter of Chone and Asneborn in: Rokiškis,Lithuania in: 20/04/1900Military Service: South AfricaPassed away in Johannesburg, South Africa in: 30/05/2002
Rebecca Chodos (20 April 1900 Rokiškis, Lithuania - 30 May 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa), was the daughter of Chone Cohen (1866-1943) and Asne Cohen born Cooperman (1877-1952) . She came to South Africa in 1912. She was educated at Jewish Government School, Johannesburg. She married Woolf Chodos (1894-1973) in 1923 in Johannesburg and they had three sons. They lived in Harrismith. She retired to Johannesburg. During World War Two, she served with the South African Women's Auxiliary Service (S.A.W.A.S.) from 1940 to 1945. Her husband served on the Committee of Governor General's War Fund.Source: 1. South African Jewry 1976-77 Edition. A Survey of the Jewish Community; Its Contributions to South Africa; Directory of Communal Institutions; and a Who's Who of Leading Personalities Feldberg Leon (Editor) Chodos Rebecca page 154.2. https://www.geni.com/people/Rebecca-Chodos/60000000012411861853. Woolf Chodos https://www.jwmww2.org/soldier.aspx?id=33926.4. The South African Jewish Database Jewish Migration and Genealogy.